Podcast #72: Chris Haffey (mp3)

Podcast #71: Sean Cullen (mp3)

Dustin Latimer - Interview by Joey McGarry

It took me a few years before I could wrap my head around your second Words section. Where did some of those movement ideas come from?

Just where I was in life. Different possibilities and creations manifested and adapted to what apparatus lied near. Rollerblading is free moving unlike fixed postures like skateboarding, biking, etc… So just exploring the freedom and trying to give awareness to others to possibilities that lie outside of the preconceptions.

Do you practice yoga and/or meditation? Or do you not and I just assume you do?

Yes, as all do in their own way, for without unification with the entirety of self, separations delusional insanity lures. How can one be other than that which they are? Yoga/ Meditation, religion are but pathways and means of really seeing and being the being I/you/we are.

How long have you been doing it and how did you get into it?

I got into basic hatha Yoga by the showings of Shane Coburn in the early Mindgame days and since have followed and found my own path of unification… […]

Check the full interview Mushroomblading.com (link down).

Photos courtesy of Todd McInerney.

We at Shock finally got to sit down with the founder of world famous crew / jeans / clothing label Inri. Interview was conducted in January 2010. Skate footage preceding the interview captured on the same day. Filmed and edited by Kevin Yee, Paul John, Patrick Lennen and Sean Sea.

Video on Vimeo: PLAY

Who is Mark Korte and what does he have to do with rollerblading?

I can basically answer that by saying… I am the USD Enforcer, one of the founders of the Stretch Crew, and a Powerslide veteran… since a lot of kids might not know what in the hell that means, I will break it down.

I came to be part of USD in the late part of ‘98, when the team was Arlo Eisenberg, Champion Baumstimler, Dustin Latimer, Jon Julio, and Josh Petty. At the time I was only hired by Powerslide to push papers, but that changed after a week or so.

To make a long story short, I had found my calling. I got to know all of the USD team (which was going through a transition period, much like we are now) and I ended up being the filter between the company and the team; I might even go as far as to say the glue, and at the same time I was the International Sales Manager at Powerslide.

So I was able to combine all of that into helping make USD (and The Conference Brands that followed) the hottest thing available. During this period, of which I am very proud to be a part of, we had the undisputed best team in Rolling, I built a worldwide flow team to rival all others at the time, and worked with distributors in over 40 countries building USD.

I was very adament about everything having structure, and working with the best team of rollers in the world has moulded my personality to this day, and I am grateful to each and every one who ever rolled for USD. […]

Full Interview on Oneblademag.com.
Originally posted on Believeinone.com | backup on Archive.org.

2003 Inline Skating video by Jan Welch. This is the sequel to United Front which was released back in 2000. Features profiles on: Nick Wood, Gonzo Jaquez, Damien Wilson, Chase Rushing and Connor O’Brien. Skating from: Brian Shima, Jon Elliott, Dustin Latimer, Brandon Campbell, Chris Haffey, Alex Broskow and many more.

Video on Youtube: PLAY.

Heat: Jeff Stockwell, Oli Short, Tory Treseder and Erik Bailey pro wheels

Mindgame: Billy O’Neill & Dustin Latimer pro wheels

4x4: Brian Shima & Chris Haffey pro wheels + Vicious bearings

The longest Ramp Jump on Rollerblades (30m, 98 ft 5.1) by Chris Haffey which took place at the Fise Air Marseille (2011) was validated by the Guiness World Records.